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Scandals we need to remember

12 September 2026

Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led to tribunals of inquiry and the resignation of at least one Taoiseach. Here Mícheál Mac Donncha interviews him about corruption then and now. Free article

RTÉ slashes Sinn Féin election coverage with bizarre rationale

16 February 2016

Stories slanted against Sinn Féin used to penalise party and cuts its airtime Free article

Paddy Power slashes odds on Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil coalition

16 February 2016

Bookie says 'end to Civil War politics' looking increasingly likely Free article

British minister Villiers's self-serving speech on anniversary of Pat Finucane murder provokes anger

16 February 2016

“It is in the name of that legacy that I and so many others ask for the one remaining thing that the British state can give us – the truth behind the killings” – Pat's wife Geraldine Finucane Free article

999 workers to strike on the day before Dáil general election

15 February 2016

Navan call centre staff in 12-hour stoppage but Ballyshannon and Dublin will operate as normal, says Communication Workers' Union Free article

Desperate Government's 'fear offensive' against Sinn Féin

15 February 2016

Fine Gael and Labour scheme to frighten voters after poll rise for Sinn Féin as Government ratings drop Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 2 - Number 62

12 February 2016

Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

British military and security services directly blocking progress on legacy

11 February 2016

Theresa Villiers’s University of Ulster speech has deepened, not lessened, the impasse which is stopping progress on dealing with the past Free article

1916 descendant unveils Easter Rising plaque in Belfast

11 February 2016

Naoise Ó Faoláin is the great-great-nephew of Ringsend man Patrick Whelan, killed in action during the Rising Free article

Former Fine Gael councillor's court apology for defaming Sinn Féin candidate in election campaign

11 February 2016

Two-year wait for retraction but statement accepted in good faith Free article

Will Fianna Fáil support Fine Gael? Mícheál Martin challenged to give voters a straight answer

11 February 2016

Unforgivable for Fianna Fáil to volunteer to prop up a second Fine Gael term, says Sinn Féin's Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Free article

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